Optical Transmission Device, Nonlinear Distortion Compensation Method, and Nonlinear Distortion Pre-Equalization Method

1. An optical transmission device comprising: a dividing unit that divides an electrical transmission signal into a plurality of frequency components by a set number of frequency divisions and a set division bandwidth, the electrical transmission signal being a signal into which an optical transmission signal is converted; a control unit that controls the number of frequency divisions and the division bandwidth on the basis of transmission path information about a transmission path through which the optical transmission signal is transmitted and signal information about the optical transmission signal; and a compensating unit that compensates optical nonlinear distortion of each of the frequency components divided by the dividing unit.

2. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit calculates an FWM efficiency of the transmission path on the basis of the transmission path information, acquires a reception bandwidth of the electrical transmission signal on the basis of the signal information, and controls the number of frequency divisions and the division bandwidth on the basis of the FWM efficiency and the reception bandwidth.

3. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the number of frequency divisions and the division bandwidth such that the electrical transmission signal is divided in units of reception channels on the basis of a reception bandwidth, the number of reception channels, and a frequency interval of a channel in the signal information.

4. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a transmission side dividing unit that divides a transmission side electrical transmission signal to be transmitted into a plurality of frequency components by a set number of frequency divisions and a set division bandwidth, the transmission side electrical transmission signal being a signal that is converted into a transmission side optical transmission signal to be transmitted; a transmission side control unit that controls, on the basis of transmission path information about a transmission path through which the transmission side optical transmission signal is transmitted and signal information about the transmission side optical transmission signal, the number of frequency divisions and the division bandwidth that are set in the transmission side dividing unit; and a pre-equalization unit that pre equalizes optical nonlinear distortion of each of the frequency components divided by the transmission side dividing unit.

5. A nonlinear distortion compensation method causing an optical transmission device to execute a process comprising: dividing an electrical transmission signal into a plurality of frequency components by a set number of frequency divisions and a set division bandwidth, the electrical transmission signal being a signal into which an optical transmission signal is converted; controlling the number of frequency divisions and the division bandwidth on the basis of transmission path information about a transmission path through which the optical transmission signal is transmitted and signal information about the optical transmission signal; and compensating optical nonlinear distortion of each of the divided frequency components.

6. The nonlinear distortion compensation method according to claim 5 , the process further comprising: dividing a transmission side electrical transmission signal to be transmitted into a plurality of frequency components by a set number of frequency divisions and a set division bandwidth, the transmission side electrical transmission signal being a signal that is converted into a transmission side optical transmission signal to be transmitted; controlling, on the basis of transmission path information about a transmission path through which the transmission side optical transmission signal is transmitted and signal information about the transmission side optical transmission signal, the number of frequency divisions and the division bandwidth that are set when the transmission side electrical transmission signal to be transmitted are divided; and pre equalizing optical nonlinear distortion of each of the divided frequency components.

7. An optical transmission device comprising: a dividing unit that divides an electrical transmission signal into a plurality of frequency components by a set number of frequency divisions and a set division bandwidth, the electrical transmission signal being a signal that is converted into an optical transmission signal to be transmitted; a control unit that controls, on the basis of transmission path information about a transmission path through which the optical transmission signal is transmitted and signal information about the optical transmission signal, the number of frequency divisions, and the division bandwidth; and a pre-equalization unit that pre equalizes optical nonlinear distortion of each of the frequency components divided by the dividing unit.

8. The optical transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit calculates an FWM efficiency of the transmission path on the basis of the transmission path information, acquires a transmission bandwidth of the electrical transmission signal on the basis of the signal information, and controls the number of frequency divisions and the division bandwidth on the basis of the FWM efficiency and the transmission bandwidth.

9. The optical transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit controls the number of frequency divisions and the division bandwidth such that the electrical transmission signal is divided in units of transmission channels on the basis of a transmission bandwidth, the number of transmission channels, and a frequency interval of a channel in the signal information.